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Client AlertsMassachusetts High Court Concludes that State Anti-Discrimination Laws Protect Medical Marijuana Users

July 19, 2017

In May 2017, we reported on Callaghan v. Darlington Fabrics and the Moore Company, a Rhode Island Superior Court decision that applied workplace anti-discrimination protections to medical marijuana users. Massachusetts has now joined the club. In Barbuto v. Advantage Sales and Marketing LLC, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has concluded that the Commonwealth’s general anti-discrimination law, M.G.L....

Client AlertsHey Rob Gronkowski, Don’t Let Nike Push You Around!

July 18, 2017

Dear Rob Gronkowski, All the news outlets are reporting that Nike doesn’t like your new logo, a silhouette of you spiking a football, because they think it is too confusing to their Michael Jordan basketball silhouette logo, which they call the “Jumpman” logo. They have even gone as far as opposing your application to register...

Client AlertsHolding the Bag: Update Your Operating Agreement or Face the Tax Consequences

July 11, 2017

New Law – Direct Assessment of LLC Tax Liability The Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (“TEFRA”) has governed the procedures for auditing partnerships since 1982. Under TEFRA, if the IRS audited an LLC taxed as a partnership, it could not hold the LLC responsible for federal income tax deficiencies. Rather, liability remained with the...

Client Alerts Employment & LaborMassachusetts Supreme Court Ruling will Lead to More Disappointments for Employers who Purchase EPLI Policies

June 26, 2017

By Alicia J. Samolis Are you sleeping better knowing that you have purchased Employment Practices Liability Insurance (“EPLI”) to cover your company against employment claims? Well it may be time to wake up. Many employers have received rude awakenings about EPLI insurance in the past. Wage and hour claims are often not covered. Leave law...

Client Alerts Employment & LaborHairstylist’s Non-compete Agreement Deemed Unassignable

June 22, 2017

Lawyers say a recent Superior Court decision finding an employee’s non-compete agreement not assignable to a purchasing business entity is a cue for practitioners to take a closer look at their clients’ employment contracts. The plaintiff business in the case purchased the assets of a salon and spa in October 2014. When one of its...

Client Alerts Real EstateWill the EB-5 program survive past its expiration date?

June 9, 2017

A prime source of capital for real estate developers since the Great Recession has been EB-5 money. The EB-5 program provides a method for foreign nationals investing money in the United States to obtain a green card by investing $500,000 in a Targeted Employment Area (defined as an area of high unemployment or a rural...

Cannabis Client AlertsRhode Island Legislators Revise Composition of Proposed Marijuana Study Commission

June 8, 2017

The Rhode Island House Committee on Judiciary has recommended passage of a revised bill recommending a study commission for marijuana legalization. The former bill was sent back to the Committee last week as the composition of the proposed commission was considered by some to be too “anti-marijuana.” The revised bill, H 5551 Substitute A4, would add...

Cannabis Client Alerts Corporate & BusinessCannabis: Potential Implications

May 26, 2017

On December 15, 2016, the Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act (the “MA Act”) became effective in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, decriminalizing marijuana ownership and use for private citizens and mandating the creation of a regulatory system able to sustain state-legal recreational marijuana businesses by January 1, 2018. The impact of such sweeping changes (along...

Cannabis Client AlertsRecreational Marijuana Legalization in Rhode Island Derailed Until At Least 2018

May 25, 2017

Legalization of recreational marijuana in Rhode Island will not happen in 2017, as the Rhode Island House Committee on Judiciary has approved a bill recommending a study commission for marijuana legalization. The bill, H 5551 Substitute A2, would create a 17 member Special Legislative Commission to study the effects of legalizing recreational marijuana use on residents...

Client AlertsRhode Island Company Liable for Refusing to Hire Marijuana User – Is Massachusetts Next?

May 25, 2017

On May 23rd, the Rhode Island Superior Court ruled that a local company is guilty of discriminating against a prospective employee for refusing to hire the employee because the employee actively used medical marijuana pursuant to a state-issued medical marijuana card. The ruling in the case of Callaghan v. Darlington Fabrics and the Moore Company, is...

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